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Guy gets photo taken while trying to steal home camera

Here's a news story out of Bakersfield, Calif. about a guy who tries to steal a home security camera, and guess what?
Can you say doofus? Surprise, surprise, surprise. They get a photo of him and his car!
OK, this guy's audacity and stupidity is staggering, but the story is actually pretty scary. The woman said that she and her husband were on alert because they'd previously noticed a security camera had been turned upside down, and they'd been followed home a few days before.
A Bakersfield cop said that the theft of home security cameras is not unusual. And you'll never guess what he said these thieves do with the cameras...he said they like to install them in their own homes.
Here's the story, with accompanying video.

As managing editor, Tess helps oversee editorial content and works on developing a rapport with industry leaders to report and write on industry news, concentrating on the fire and residential beats. She focuses on writing stories important to installers, integrators, manufacturers and distributors. Before joining Security Systems News in September 2010, Tess was a newspaper reporter in Maine for more than two decades. Most of that time, she worked for The Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram, and also was an occasional stringer for The New York Times. Tess has a master’s degree in journalism from Columbia University and a master’s in linguistics from the University of Michigan. She lives in Maine with her husband and a demanding cat.